Bookkeeper sentenced for embezzling money from Girl Scouts

VISTA – A former volunteer bookkeeper was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail for stealing thousands of dollars from several Girl Scouts troops in North County.

Janet Daily, 36, of Rancho Santa Fe had pleaded guilty in January to one count of grand theft by an employee. In addition to the jail sentence, she was also placed on probation for three years and still owes $500 of $6,000 in restitution she was required to pay.

Daily had been a bookkeeper for 44 Girl Scouts troops in Rancho Santa Fe and Solana Beach for seven years. When she was arrested in November carrying $1,000 in cash, authorities said she admitted to stealing from the Girl Scouts for 18 months because of financial difficulties.